Project Gutenberg 2008-03-30 Public domain in the USA. 83 Teichner, Albert Teichner, Albert R. Man Made Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Man Made" by Albert R. Teichner is a science fiction novella written in the late 1950s. The book explores profound philosophical questions about identity, the nature of the soul, and what it means to be human in an age of advanced technology and body modification. Set in a future where individuals can replace their biological parts with synthetic ones, the narrative delves into themes of self-awareness, mortality, and the essence of humanity. The story follows Treb Hawley, an astronaut who experiences significant physical transformations through a series of surgical procedures after accidents during space missions. As he undergoes these transformations, Hawley grapples with the implications of losing his original biological parts and becoming predominantly synthetic. Through conversations with his doctor and philosophical musings, he contemplates the nature of his identity, leading to an exploration of the "Achilles' Ship" paradox: at what point does a replacement lead to the creation of a new entity? As the narrative progresses, Hawley’s journey culminates in a radical procedure that leaves him entirely composed of synthetic matter, challenging the boundaries between life, identity, and the soul, ultimately suggesting that he embodies a new form of human existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories Science fiction, American Medical fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 47126 47135 2024-09-10T13:56:19.909185 2023-09-11T07:00:33.742941 text/html text/html 43202 2021-01-03T10:51:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 17477 2021-01-03T10:51:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 59638 2024-09-10T13:56:22.925161 application/epub+zip 58642 2024-09-10T13:56:21.075167 application/epub+zip 58645 2024-09-10T13:56:20.340189 application/epub+zip 127925 2024-09-10T13:56:24.387151 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120740 2024-09-10T13:56:22.451176 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120883 2022-09-11T12:52:37.856539 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 41013 40912 2024-09-10T13:56:19.718181 2023-09-11T07:00:33.558964 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 40891 2021-01-03T10:51:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16311 2021-01-03T10:51:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18573 2024-09-10T13:56:25.034151 application/rdf+xml 9852 2024-09-10T13:56:20.671190 image/jpeg 2704 2024-09-10T13:56:20.505195 image/jpeg 61133 2024-09-10T13:56:19.914173 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog